Marvel Taps Peyton Reed to Direct Ant-Man

Marvel has announced that Bring It On director Peyton Reed will helm Ant-Man, starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, and Corey Stoll. Since Shaun of the Deaddirector Edgar Wright left the project over creative differences, Marvel has been on the fast track to find a new director to keep pace for a July 2015 release. Anchorman's Adam McKay, who had been mentioned as a possible replacement for Wright, will be sticking around to rework the script. Marvel also threw in some plot description with the director announcement: "Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world." That means more shirtless Paul Rudd tossing a football around, right?

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